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Progress in the global fight against TB cannot wait. For the World TB Day Campaign 2012, you can make an individual call to stop TB in your lifetime.

Do you want to see zero deaths from TB, faster treatment, an effective vaccine?.

The World TB Day Campaign 2012 will allow people all over the world to make an individual call to stop TB in their lifetimes.

In their lifetimes, today's children should expect to see a world where no one gets sick with TB.

In their lifetimes, women and men should expect to see a world where no one dies from TB.

People of different ages and living in different countries could have these hopes for stopping TB in their lifetimes:

Zero deaths from TB Faster treatment A quick, cheap, low-tech test An effective vaccine A world free of TB.

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The 2012 World TB Day campaign will allow people all over the world to make an individual call to stop TB in their lifetimes. Some hopes people of different ages and living in different countries may have for stopping TB in their lifetimes

Zero deaths from TB Faster treatment A quick, cheap, low-tech test An effective vaccine A world free of TB

This is your space to share stories about what people in your country are doing to stop TB in their lifetimes. Please post announcements and news about upcoming events, photos, artwork, calls to action and more.

Thu 23 Feb 2012

Whats happening for World TB Day 2012 around Papua New Guinea?
Posted by Desney Koimo under Events, General | February 23, 2012 | No Comments National Level Events: The National Media Launch of World TB Day 2012 27th February On the 27th of February the National TB Program will formally launch this years World TB Day activities at a media event. Representatives from media agencies throughout the country will be invited to attend the launch at Aopi Haus (Department of Health first floor conference room) from 11:00 12:30. Information about TB will be provided as well as an overview of the national and provincial plans. Media packs will be given to all invited guests and opportunities for interviews and TB news stories will be provided over light refreshments. The Lend your voice to stopping TB Campaign Throughout March In the public: We will be running a nationwide campaign enabling individuals to make a pledge of commitment to stopping TB in PNG. The I want campaign forms will be circulated through all provinces and completed forms will be on public display at designated sites during the month of March. All forms completed during the month of March will be presented to Government at the National TB Forum.

Working Together to Reach Zero TB Deaths

Posted by Sophie under Events | February 22, 2012 | No Comments Since 2008, thousands of TB professionals from around the globe have joined in an unprecedented effort to share practices and know-how across organizations in online, expert-led, communities hosted on the Global Health Delivery Online (GHDonline) platform. These communities, MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention and TB Infection Control, are made available at no cost thanks in part to the founding organizations, the Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

This year, our call to action at GHDonline is for all TB professionals to join one or both virtual expert panels taking place now and in March, and to also participate in the communities.

Fri 17 Feb 2012

Discussion Meeting, Toulouse, France

Posted by ErnaBalk under General | February 17, 2012 | No Comments On the occasion of World TB Day, the Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (CNRS-University of Toulouse) joined the Museum of Toulouse to plan a discussion meeting conducted by scientists from the CNRS, WHO, TBVI and UNITAID organizations. This meeting will be held at Musum de Toulouse, Auditorium Picot de Lapeyrouse, 35 alles Jules Guesde, Toulouse, Saturday, March, 24, 2012 from 15h to 17h. read more -> Tags:
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Mon 30 Jan 2012

Symposium: Europe and ACP together against tuberculosis

Posted by ErnaBalk under General | January 30, 2012 | No Comments On the occassion of World TB Day, TBVI organises a symposium in the European Parliament under the patronage of Charles Goerens, MEP. Co-hosts are MEPs Ms Maria da Graa Carvalho and Ms Linda McAvan. This years theme is how Europe and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP countries) can strengthen each other in the fight against tuberculosis. Registration is required before 12 March on www.tbvi.eu/registration-form-2 The symposium will take place on Thursday 22 March 2012, from 11.00-15.00h in the European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels. Room Paul-Henri Spaak P5B001. Interpreation EN/FR will be available.

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Dr.T.V.RaoMDWORLDTBDAY2012STOPTBINMYLIFETIME24THMARCHDR.T.V.RAOMD1

WorldTBDayisMarch24.Thisannualeventcommemoratesthedatein1882whenDr.RobertKochannounc edhisdiscoveryofMycobacteriumtuberculosis,thebacteriathatcausetuberculosis(TB)ATRIBUTETOROB ERTKOCHDR.T.V.RAOMD2

In1982,ontheonehundredthanniversaryofDrKoch'spresentation,theInternationalUnionagainstTuberculosisandLungDis ease(IUATLD)proposedthatMarch24beproclaimedasanofficialWorldTBDayBEGINNINGOFWORLDTBD AYDR.T.V.RAOMD3

TUBERCULOSISTB"isshortfortuberculosis.TBdiseaseiscausedbyabacteriumcalledMycobacteriumtube rculosis.Thebacteriausuallyattackthelungs,butTBbacteriacanattackanypartofthebodysuchasthekidne y,spine,andbrain.Ifnottreatedproperly,TBdiseasecanbefatal.DR.T.V.RAOMD4

ESTIMATEDTBINCIDENCERATES,2009DR.T.V.RAOMD5

WORLDTBDAYDR.T.V.RAOMD6WorldTBDay,fallingonMarch24theachyear,isdesignedtobuildpublica warenessthattuberculosistodayremainsanepidemicinmuchoftheworld,causingthedeathsofseveralmill ionpeopleeachyear,mostlyindevelopingcountries.Itcommemoratesthedayin1882whenDrRobertKoch astoundedthescientificcommunitybyannouncingthathehaddiscoveredthecauseoftuberculosis,theTBb acillus

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SOMEKEYFACTSABOUTTUBERCULOSISOnethirdofthe33millionpeopleworldwidewhoarelivingwithHIV/AIDSareco-infectedwithTB.TBinHIVpositivepeopleisalmostcertaintobefatalifundiagnosedorleftuntreated.PeoplewhoareinfectedwithHI VarehighlysusceptibletoTBinfectionduetotheirimmunesystemsinabilitytofightoffdisease.Ingeneral, whileapproximately10percentofthosewhobecomeinfectedwilldevelopactiveTB,HIVpositivepeopleare50timesmorelikelythanHIVnegativepeopleofdevelopingtheactiveformofthedisease.DR.T.V.RAOMD8

SOMEKEYFACTSABOUTTUBERCULOSISJustasHIVheightenstheriskofdevelopingactiveTB,sodoesTBacc eleratetheprogressionofHIVintoAIDS.Withoutpropertreatment,approximately90percentofHIVpositivepeopledieofTBwithinmonthsofinfection.TBandpovertycometogethertoperpetuateaviciouscy cle.Povertycontributestothespreadoftuberculosisaspeopleareforcedtosharecloselivingquartersandar eofteninoverallpoorhealth.Simultaneously,costsassociatedwithdiagnosisandtreatmentcreatefurtherh ardship,bothforpatientsandtheirfamiliesincludingtheirchildren.DR.T.V.RAOMD9

WorldTBDayisaboutcommemoratingthelivesandstoriesofpeoplethatareaffectedbyTBandhastakenat reatmentforit;nurses;doctors;researchers;communityworkerswhohasputinglobalfightagainstTB.WOR LDTBDAYISABOUTCONCERNFORINFECTEDDR.T.V.RAOMD10

GOVERNMENTPROGRAMMEORGANIZESThegovernmentorganizesHealtheducationcampaignstoinfo rmontheimportanceofearlydiagnosisandRegulartreatmentforthepatients.Ascreeningprogrammetoea rlydetectthediseaseisalsoorganized.Variousothereventslikeseminarandexhibitionontuberculosisareh eldwithanaimtoimpartknowledgeonallaspectsofTB.DR.T.V.RAOMD11

TBisspreadthroughtheairfromonepersontoanother.TheTBbacteriaareputintotheairwhenapersonwit hactiveTBdiseaseofthelungsorthroatcoughs,sneezes,speaks,orsings.Peoplenearbymaybreatheinthese bacteriaandbecomeinfected.HOWTBISSPREADDR.T.V.RAOMD12

DIFFICULTTODIAGNOSEBYCONVENTIONALMETHODSThetwoconventionaltechniquesusedtodetectT Bareacid-fastsmearingandculturing.Alldetectiontechniquesusesputumsamples.Acidfastsmearinghasverylowsensitivityandspecificity,andcannotdistinguishbetweenMycobacteriumTuber culosis(thebacteriumthatcausesTB)andothertypesofbacilli.Theculturetechnique,ontheotherhand,ha sgoodspecificityandsensitivitybuttypicallyDR.T.V.RAOMD13

TheGlobalPlantoStopTB,20062015setsoutthestrategicdirectionsoftheStopTBPartnershipforthedecade20062015.GLOBALPLAN STOPTBDR.T.V.RAOMD14

SputumsmearmicroscopyisanessentialtoolofcasefindinginTuberculosiscontrol.Tuberculosiscontrol,aimingatthepreventionofthetransmissionofinfectio n,impartsaclearprioritytothesputumpositiveswhicharethesourcesofinfectioninthecommunity.Hencet heneedtodetectasmanysputumpositivesaspossibleWHYSPUTUMMICROSCOPYDR.T.V.RAOMD15

WHOAIMSTOREDUCETHEBURDENOFTBBY2015WHOhasdevelopedanewsixpointStopTBStrategywhic hbuildsonthesuccessesofDOTSwhilealsoexplicitlyaddressingthekeychallengesfacingTB.Itsgoalistodra maticallyreducetheglobalburdenoftuberculosisby2015byensuringallTBpatients,includingforexample,t hoseco-infectedwithHIVandthosewithdrug-resistantTB,benefitfromuniversalaccesstohighqualitydiagnosisandpatient-canteredtreatmentDR.T.V.RAOMD16

Bacteriologyisoneofthefundamentalaspectsofnationaltuberculosis(TB)controlprogrammes(NTP's)..I mprovingsputumsmearmicroscopy,theneedtoupgradeexistinglaboratoryservicesandstrengthenandb uildcapacitytoperformcultureanddrugsusceptibilitytesting(DST)areessential.UPGRADATIONOFLABOR ATORYSERVICESDR.T.V.RAOMD17

GLOBALLABORATORYINITIATIVE(GLI)Globalpolicyguidanceonappropriatelaboratorytechnologyandb estpracticesLaboratoryadvocacyandresourcemobilizationLaboratorycapacitydevelopmentandcoor dinationInterfacedesignwithotherlaboratorynetworkstoensureappropriateintegrationStandardize dlaboratoryqualityassuranceCoordinationoftechnicalassistanceEffectiveknowledgesharingDR.T.V.R AOMD18

DOYOUKNOWThatsomeoneintheworldisnewlyinfectedwithTBbacillieverysecond?ThatonethirdoftheworldpopulationiscurrentlyinfectedbyTB?ThattherearetwodeathsperthreeminutesinIndia duetoTB?ThatoversixlakhIndiansareunawarethattheysufferfromTB?ThateveryTBpatientinfects1015newpersonsonanaverageeveryyear?DR.T.V.RAOMD19

HISTORYOFTBCONTROLININDIAThefirstopenairsanatoriumfortreatmentandisolationofTBpatientsinI ndiawasfoundedin1906inTiluania,nearAjmer,andthenatAlmoratwoyearslater.DrFrimodtMollerame dicalsuperintendent,playedaprominentroleinTBcontrolinIndia.Thisincludedtraininghealthworkers,co nductingsurveysandintroducingBacillusCalmetteGuerin(BCG)vaccinationDR.T.V.RAOMD20

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1. WORLD TB DAY 2012 STOP TB IN MY LIFETIME 24TH MARCH Dr.T.V.Rao MDDR.T.V.RAO MD 1 2. A TRIBUTE TO ROBERT KOCH World TB Day is March 24. This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB)DR.T.V.RAO MD 2 3. BEGINNING OF WORLD TB DAY In 1982, on the one- hundredth anniversary of Dr Kochs presentation, the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) proposed that March 24 be proclaimed as an official World TB DayDR.T.V.RAO MD 3 4. TUBERCULOSIS TB" is short for tuberculosis. TB disease is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain. If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal.DR.T.V.RAO MD 4 5. ESTIMATED TB INCIDENCE RATES, 2009DR.T.V.RAO MD 5 6. WORLD TB DAY World TB Day, falling on March 24th each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of several million people each year, mostly in developing countries. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillusDR.T.V.RAO MD 6 7. DR.T.V.RAO MD 7 8. SOME KEY FACTS ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS One-third of the 33 million people worldwide who are living with HIV/AIDS are co-infected with TB. TB in HIV-positive people is almost certain to be fatal if undiagnosed or left untreated. People who are infected with HIV are highly susceptible to TB infection due to their immune systems inability to fight off disease. In general, while approximately 10 percent of those who become infected will develop active TB, HIV- positive people are 50 times more likely than HIV- negative people of developing the active form of the disease.DR.T.V.RAO MD 8 9. SOME KEY FACTS ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS Just as HIV heightens the risk of developing active TB, so does TB accelerate the progression of HIV into AIDS. Without proper treatment, approximately 90 percent of HIV-positive people die of TB within months of infection. TB and poverty come together to perpetuate a vicious cycle. Poverty contributes to the spread

of tuberculosis as people are forced to share close living quarters and are often in overall poor health. Simultaneously, costs associated with diagnosis and treatment create further hardship, both for patients and their families including their children.DR.T.V.RAO MD 9 10. WORLD TB DAY IS ABOUT CONCERN FOR INFECTED World TB Day is about commemorating the lives and stories of people that are affected by TB and has taken a treatment for it; nurses; doctors; researchers; community workers who has put in global fight against TB.DR.T.V.RAO MD 10 11. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME ORGANIZES The government organizes Health education campaigns to inform on the importance of early diagnosis and Regular treatment for the patients. A screening programme to early detect the disease is also organized. Various other events like seminar and exhibition on tuberculosis are held with an aim to impart knowledge on all aspects of TB.DR.T.V.RAO MD 11 12. HOW TB IS SPREAD TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The TB bacteria are put into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.DR.T.V.RAO MD 12 13. DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS The two conventional techniques used to detect TB are acid-fast smearing and culturing. All detection techniques use sputum samples. Acid-fast smearing has very low sensitivity and specificity, and cannot distinguish between Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (the bacterium that causes TB) and other types of bacilli. The culture technique, on the other hand, has good specificity and sensitivity but typicallyDR.T.V.RAO MD 13 14. GLOBAL PLAN STOP TB The Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006- 2015 sets out the strategic directions of the Stop TB Partnership for the decade 2006 2015.DR.T.V.RAO MD 14 15. WHY SPUTUM MICROSCOPY Sputum smear microscopy is an essential tool of casefinding in Tuberculosis control. Tuberculosis control, aiming at the prevention of the transmission of infection, imparts a clear priority to the sputum positives which are the sources of infection in the community. Hence the need to detect as many sputum positives asDR.T.V.RAO MD possible 15 16. WHO AIMS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF TB BY 2015 WHO has developed a new six point Stop TB Strategy which builds on the successes of DOTS while also explicitly addressing the key challenges facing TB. Its goal is to dramatically reduce the global burden of tuberculosis by 2015 by ensuring all TB patients, including for example, those co-infected with HIV and those with drug-resistant TB, benefit from universal access to high-quality diagnosis and patient-cantered treatmentDR.T.V.RAO MD 16 17. UP GRADATION OF LABORATORY SERVICES Bacteriology is one of the fundamental aspects of national tuberculosis (TB) control programmes (NTPs).. Improving sputum smear microscopy, the need to upgrade existing laboratory services and strengthen and build capacity to perform culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) are essential.DR.T.V.RAO MD 17 18. GLOBAL LABORATORY INITIATIVE (GLI) Global policy guidance on appropriate laboratory technology and best practices Laboratory advocacy and resource mobilization Laboratory capacity development and coordination Interface design with other laboratory networks to ensure appropriate integration Standardized laboratory quality assurance Coordination of technical assistance Effective knowledge sharingDR.T.V.RAO MD 18 19. DO YOU KNOW That someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second? That one-third of the world population is currently infected by TB? That there are two deaths per three minutes in India due to TB? That over six lakh Indians are unaware that they suffer from TB? That every TB patient infects 10-15 new persons on an average every year?DR.T.V.RAO MD 19

20. HISTORY OF TB CONTROL IN INDIA The first open air sanatorium for treatment and isolation of TB patients in India was founded in 1906 in Tiluania, near Ajmer, and then at Almora two years later. Dr Frimodt Moller a medical superintendent, played a prominent role in TB control in India. This included training health workers, conducting surveys and introducing Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccinationDR.T.V.RAO MD 20 21. LIMITATION TO REVISED NATIONAL TB CONTROL India had switched over to the Revised National TB Control (RNTBC) Programme, which concentrates on the personal attention of the health staff on each TB patient. Thus, India hopes to cut down TB prevalence and death rate by half, by the year 2015.DR.T.V.RAO MD 21 22. TUBERCULOSIS A MAJOR CAUSE OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN INDIA In India today, two deaths occur every three minutes from tuberculosis (TB). But these deaths can be prevented. With proper care and treatment, TB patients can be cured and the battle against TB can be wonDR.T.V.RAO MD 22 23. WHO - DOTS The WHO-recommended Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS) strategy was launched formally as Revised National TB Control programme in India in 1997 after pilot testing from 1993-1996. Since then DOTS has been widely advocated and successfully applied. ....DR.T.V.RAO MD 23 24. DOTS - INDIA Controlling TB in India is a tremendous challenge. The TB burden in India is still staggering. Every year, 1.8 million persons develop the disease, of which about 800,000 are infectious; and, until recently, 370,000 died of it annually 1,000 every day. The disease is a major barrier to social and economic development. An estimated 100 million workdays are lost due to illness. Society and the country also incur a huge cost due to TB nearly US$ 3 billion in indirect costs and US$ 300 million in direct costs.DR.T.V.RAO MD 24 25. INDIA DOTS LARGEST India now has the second largest DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) programme in the world. However, Indias DOTS programme is the fastest expanding programme, and the largest in the world in terms of patients initiated on treatment, placing more than 100,000 patients on treatment every monthDR.T.V.RAO MD 25 26. DOTS IS A SYSTEMATIC STRATEGY WHICH HAS FIVE COMPONENTS Political and administrative commitment. Good quality diagnosis. Good quality drugs. An uninterrupted supply of good quality anti-TB drugs monitoring and accountabilityDR.T.V.RAO MD 26 27. SPUTUM MICROSCOPY MAJOR STRATEGY IN DOTS The quality assurance in sputum microscopy under RNTCP had been given a prime place. Microscopy has been an essential tool both for the diagnosis and follow up of the TB patients particularly in the RNTCP areas where declaring a patient cured is dependent on laboratory resultsDR.T.V.RAO MD 27 28. DOTS A MASSIVE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME Every day in India, under the RNTCP, more than 15,000 suspects are being examined for TB, free of charge. The diagnosis of these patients and the follow-up of patients on treatment is achieved through the examination of more than 50,000 laboratory specimens. As a result of these examinations, each day, about 3,500 patients are started on treatment, stopping the spread of TB in the community. In order to achieve this, more than 600,000 health care workers have been trained and more than 11,500 designated laboratory Microscopy Centres have been upgraded and supplied with binocular microscopes since the inception of the RNTCPDR.T.V.RAO MD 28 29. DOTS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMME TO CONTROL TUBERCULOSIS Revised National TB Control Programme and its recent progress in DOTS expansion has been encouraging. As per Global TB Report 2003, 2/3rd of the additional sputum positive cases reported under DOTS in 2001, were found in India. In 2002, over 620,000 cases were placed on treatment of which nearly 250,000 were new smear positive cases. In the year 2003, more than 900,000 cases were placed on treatment.DR.T.V.RAO MD 29

30. DR.T.V.RAO MD 30 31. DOTS IN 2009 By June 2009, more than 10.2 million patients have been initiated on treatment, saving more than 1.9 million additional lives. The success of DOTS in India has contributed substantially to the success of TB control in the world.DR.T.V.RAO MD 31 32. REVISED NATIONAL TB CONTROL PROGRAMME The Revised National TB Control Programme now aims to widen the scope for providing standardized, good quality treatment and diagnostic services to all TB patients in a patient-friendly environment, in which ever health care facility they seek treatment from. Recognizing the need to reach to every TB patient in the country, the programme has made special provisions to reach marginalized sections of the society, including creating demand for services through specific advocacy, communication and social mobilization activitiesDR.T.V.RAO MD 32 33. MDR TUBERCULOSIS MDRTB refers to strains of the bacterium which are proven in a laboratory to be resistant to the two most active anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. Treatment of MDRTB is extremely expensive, toxic, arduous, and oftenDR.T.V.RAO MD unsuccessful. 33 34. DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REPORTING AT LEAST ONE CASE OF XDR TB AS OF 2010DR.T.V.RAO MD 34 35. DOTS CAN REDUCE MDR TUBERCULOSIS DOTS has been proven to prevent the emergence of MDRTB, and also to reverse the incidence of MDRTB where it has emerged. MDRTB is a tragedy for individual patients and a symptom of poor TB management. The best way to confront this challenge is to improve TB treatment and implement DOTS.DR.T.V.RAO MD 35 36. WHAT THE WORLD NEED TO CONTROL TUBERCULOSIS Better TB diagnostics that are rapid, practical and accurate in resource-poor settings are critical to ensuring that people receive proper and timely treatment. New TB drugs that will shorten treatment, be effective against susceptible and resistant strains, be compatible with antiretroviral therapies used for HIV/AIDS and that will improve treatment of latent infection will dramatically improve TB treatment and control A new vaccine that is both effective and safe for children, adolescents and adults, including people infected with HIV will decrease TB incidence overall and, along with an effective drug therapy, could eventually control the disease.DR.T.V.RAO MD 36 37. CONCERN FOR TB PATIENTS IS THE BACKBONE OF THE CONTROL PROGRAMMEDR.T.V.RAO MD 37 38. STOP TB EVERYONES CONCERNDR.T.V.RAO MD 38 39. Programme created by Dr.T.V.Rao MD for Medical and Paramedical Professionals in the Developing World Email doctortvrao@gmail.comDR.T.V.RAO MD 39

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World tuberculosis (TB) Day on 24 March is designed to build public awareness and coincides with the Kick TB Campaign, which aims to involve scholars in the fight against TB and promote healthy lifestyles. TB remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the death of millions of people, especially in developing countries.

This campaign will help the country realise its vision of A South Africa that is free of TB and the stigma surrounding the disease. South Africa, with the fifth-highest TB incidence in the world, is one of the 22 high-burden countries that contribute about 80% of the total global burden of all TB cases. Raising awareness and knowledge of TB among the South African population is essential in the fight against TB.

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TB is one of the leading causes of death in South Africa, especially among people with HIV. The control and management of TB is therefore a government priority.

During the HIV Testing and Counselling (HCT) Campaign, 2 717 376 people were also screened for TB and 441 485 were referred for further assessment for TB. The TB cure rate increased from 68% in 2008 to 70,4% in 2009. Through effective defaulter tracing and support, the proportion of people who default TB treatment decreased from 7,9% in 2009 to 6,4% in 2010. Seventeen public-sector facilities are now diagnosing and initiating treatment for drugresistant TB patients. A total of 5,083 health professionals and 3 392 non-health professionals have been trained in TB management. As part of its response to TB, government provides TB treatment (including multidrugresistant TB [MDR] and extensively drug-resistant TB [XDR TB]) in all public health facilities. People who are on TB treatment are encouraged to complete their treatment to avoid MDR and XDR complications.

[Top] The Kick TB Campaign aims to unite people in the fight against the twin scourges of TB and HIV.

Government, under the leadership of the Department of Health, in partnership with the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at the Stellenbosch University has launched the campaign under the banner of 'Lets play, Lets learn, Lets save lives!' The campaigns principal target will be primary school learners between the ages of 5 and 13 years. Approximately 115,000 learners drawn from diverse schools and backgrounds will be given the opportunity to participate in the campaign. Special attention will be given to schools in the 18 priority districts identified by the Department of Health for accelerated interventions and TB hotspots (e.g. schools in mining areas and those in close proximity to hostels). Educators, particularly those in the selected schools, will receive training that will equip them with knowledge on TB to be integrated into their routine teaching and interaction with learners during and after the campaign.

[Top] Family members, parents, siblings and friends of the participating learners will, mainly through their interaction with the learners, become exposed to the messages on TB that learners would internalise from the campaign.

The mascot for the campaign is TURBO BOOTS, who epitomises all that is healthy, positive and exuberant. With absolute confidence, he is able to kick the scourge of TB. He is young and powerful, and a positive role model to the nations youth. Do what I do, is his message. He is neither black nor white; he is the rainbow that all young South Africans can identify with. By rocketing TB into the back of the pandemic net, he shows the way; and he invites all South Africas children to do as he does and kick TB with TURBO BOOTS!

The aim is to share this campaign internationally having different countries "signing up" and joining the International Kick TB Team. They must then implement the campaign concept in their own countries.

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World TB Day 2012: ask our expert a question

28 FEB 2012

World TB Day 2012 (24 March) is approaching and we want your questions about TB and HIV for our expert to answer!

Dr Gitau Mburu is the Alliances Senior Advisor on Health Systems and Services and is an expert on HIV and TB. He will be answering your TB related questions on the Alliance blog. To submit a question you can:

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Please send us your questions by Wednesday 15 March. We look forward to hearing from you! For more info on the Alliances TB work you can read about TB and HIV here or check out Gitau Mburus blog here.
World TB Day

World TB Day falls on 24 March each year and aims to build public awareness of the fact that tuberculosis remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of more than 2 million people each year, mostly in developing countries. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. Koch's discovery opened the way towards diagnosing and curing TB. Four more information on how to participate in this years campaign you can download the campaign documents and other resources in a range of languages here.

You can find out more about World TB Day here.

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